When to Plant Asparagus lettuce in Pinellas Park, FL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first chance to plant asparagus lettuce in Pinellas Park should be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

Frost tolerance for asparagus lettuce: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost.

It's a bad idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant asparagus lettuce
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant asparagus lettuce
Probably not a good time to plant asparagus lettuce

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Pinellas Park is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your asparagus lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Pinellas Park. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Pinellas Park may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Pinellas Park you get a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pinellas Park

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

Plants to Grow in Pinellas Park

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